Tom Collins
@tcollins.bsky.social
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Scribbler, Irish News columnist, dad. Emeritus journalism prof at Stirling University.
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maddow.msnbc.com
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Who could have guessed that Trump's "Give me the peace prize now or I'll go to war with you" strategy wouldn't work out?
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thattimwalker.bsky.social
Aren’t we lucky in this country to have the wise counsel of such columnists?
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joshthelibromancer.bsky.social
Just a reminder! If you're buying books in support of #BannedBooksWeek buying from Amazon undercuts the broader project of social justice supporting the right to read is a part of. Get your banned books absolutely anywhere else!
Amazon is the invisible backbone of ICE’s immigration crackdown
Lobbying dollars and a cozy relationship with the government have given the tech giant an outsize influence in the Department of Homeland Security.
www.technologyreview.com
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Bill Jenrick (father) LinkedIn:

"I served a 5 year apprenticeship at AEI Manchester and qualified as a Management accountant. Then I worked as an accountant...."

Robert Jenrick (son) : "...gas fitters like my dad"
jamesdaustin.bsky.social
I know plenty of politicians 'working classify' their backgrounds, but this from Jenrick is taking the piss.

His father's linked in is here: uk.linkedin.com/in/bill-jenr...

He was a managing accountant who ended up as the Managing Director of Cannon Industries
tcollins.bsky.social
Claire Hanna’s leader’s speech to the #SDLP conference was far-sighted, but was anyone listening? My take in today’s @irishnews.com online and in the shops.
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adilray.bsky.social
Jenrick was speaking from Aldridge, Brownhills an area that has upto 90% of white British residents. This makes it less mixed than the UK average and therefore little chance of social integration because of low diversity. But Jenrick didn’t see that. Is that racist?
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cerianbond.bsky.social
Just heard Chris Philp on BBC’s Today programme explaining why the Tories want to leave the ECHR. He claimed ECHR isn’t mentioned in Belfast Agreement - which is simply untrue. The UK govt agreed to incorporate it into NI law & give direct access to the courts (Strand 3). Why no BBC fact-check?
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felicityhannah.bsky.social
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first 

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.
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callummay.co.uk
PA: Actress Dame Patricia Routledge, best known for TV show Keeping Up Appearances, has died aged 96, her agent said.
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tizzywoman.bsky.social
@govpritzker.illinois.gov is not just serving a #CupOfJoe to the people of Illinois, but to every state. Get out your phones & record what ICE is doing! If the government won't hold them accountable, We the People will.
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